Brooke Raboutou competes in an Olympic qualifier in May. Photo: Zhe Ji/Getty Images
Two Colorado climbers will return to the Olympics looking to land on the podium after finishing just outside the medals three years ago.
State of play: Boulder's Brooke Raboutou, 23, and Broomfield's Colin Duffy, 20, will compete in their respective bouldering and lead climbing competitions starting Monday.
Raboutou finished 5th in the women's combined in Tokyo and Duffy landed in 7th.
Zoom in:Raboutou started climbing at age 1 thanks to help from her father, a World Cup climbing champion himself, who built small rock walls in their basement. By age 11, she was completing professional-level ascents, she says.
Duffy also started as a youngster and was the youngest member of the U.S. climbing team at the 2021 Olympics. He attends CU-Boulder and wants to study engineering
